Podcast Overview

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63: Chad Bird - "The Infant Priest Was Holy Born"

06/26/19

2 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

And Your Bird Can Sing! Gillespie and Riley conclude their discussion of hymnody with Chad Bird’s hymn, The Infant Priest Was Holy Born. Again, they focus on pastoral care, comfort for Christians, and what happens when the church ignores the reality of sin, death, and Satan.
62: Thomas O. Chisholm - “Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father”

06/19/19

2 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Do You Have a Great Hymn This Week? Go Fish! This week, Gillespie and Riley discuss Thomas Chisholm’s poem turned hymn, Great is Thy Faithfulness. More discussion of hymnody, church music, and how what we sing can help or hinder pastoral care.
61: Joseph Scrivener - What a Friend We Have in Jesus

06/12/19

1 min

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Jesus joins us in our weirdness. In this episode, Gillespie and Riley continue their discussion of how to judge a hymn with Joseph Scriverner’s classic hymn, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus."
60: John Newton - Amazing Grace

06/05/19

2 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Pump the hate brakes, Riley! This week, Gillespie and Riley begin a four-episode discussion on how to judge a hymn. In the first installment, they look at Amazing Grace and ask: "Is this a great, good, or bad hymn?" What makes a Christian hymn great? What should a church do with bad hymns?
What is the Gospel?

06/04/19

1 min

By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio

What is the Gospel and what is its purpose? Troy and Craig take on this topic in brief and they explain why this is important for every Christian to understand.
- Gospel
- Salvation
44: Bo Giertz - "Jesus Only"

02/13/19

1 min

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

This week, we read from Bo Giertz’s novel, “The Hammer of God,” and discuss belief, revivalism versus liturgy, and what happens when Jesus alone is the focus of all our attention.
On Creating a Hymnal

02/12/19

6 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

Mike sits down with Rev. Jon Micheel and Rev. Tyler Peil. Both pastors currently serve at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Taylorsville, UT. Both Rev. Micheel and Rev. Peil have been serving on a committee to create a new hymnal for the Wisconsin Synod, which is the reason Mike sits down with them.
- Worship
- Practical Theology
43: Billy Graham - Christ’s Answer to The World

02/07/19

1 min

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Billy Graham’s sermon, and the consequences of preaching law after the Gospel, adverbs, and the importance of staying away from God where He isn’t preached, revealed, and worshipped in Christ Jesus.
Episode 93 (Romans 1:16-25)

01/14/19

1 min

By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen

Daniel and Erick first spend some more time on verses 16 and 17. Why does Paul need to say that he is not ashamed of the gospel he preaches?
- Gospel
- Salvation
Episode 92 (Romans 1:8-17)

01/07/19

1 min

By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen

Daniel and Erick continue their study of Romans. Paul is eager to get to Rome to preach the gospel to people who already believe.
S.1, E.6: Ascended into Heaven, and Sits at the Right Hand of the Father Almighty

10/18/18

1 min

By Dan van Voorhis | Debi Winrich | Donavon Riley

On this show we discuss a clause in the creed that is sometimes overlooked. Being seated at the Right Hand of the Father might seem like an abstract theological idea, but Rev Donovan Riley centers the doctrine in the history of the church and the Gospel.
Season 1, Episode 6: First Promises

09/08/18

1 min

By Cindy Koch

This is the best part of our great story! Cindy and her children focus on God’s First Promises both in Genesis 3:15 and 3:20-21. Here we all learn about a Savior that is coming, and has already come, to renew and forgive God’s people.